Is the e-mail about not going to malls on Holloween a hoax? (1 Viewer)

[Brian Mansure]

My Outlook inbox has been getting bombarded by people sending me an e-mail that basically warns people to stay away from shopping malls on Halloween day because of possible terroristic action?!?
I automatically dismissed all of these messages to my trash bin thinking it was another hoax but evidently word around our office is it's still being looked into.
I've checked Link Removed and couldn't find anything.
Has anybody else received this e-mail or heard about it?
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[CharlesD]

It is a hoax
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[Brian Mansure]

Thanks for the swift reply Charles.
I knew it was out there somewhere and wanted to point everyone that has been sending me these things the link so they can read about it being a hoax first hand.
For some reason though I'm having a problem going to that site.

I'll try later.
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BAM

 

[Shayne Lebrun]

That having been said, prudence is probably a good idea these days, considering what's going on in the world.

 

[paul_v]

We wont know if it's a hoax until November 1st.
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[Mitty]

As a general rule, any "news" you hear of exclusively through e-mail is most likely bullshit.
Seriously, if this were so important to communicate to the masses, it would be a lead story on the news.
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[Joseph DeMartino]

Hoax. The Urban Legends Reference Page, Rumors of War
Regards,
Joe
[Edited last by Joseph DeMartino on October 13, 2001 at 01:26 PM]

 

[Peter Kline]

Terrorists don't tell in advance what they are going to do. It's a hoax.
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[Ron Eastman]

I can't think of a chain e-mail that purportedly reported news that wasn't a hoax.
Go to the malls, travel, buy stuff, hug your children, call your parents. It's the only way we can assure that the terrorists don't win. Stopping everyday life is their goal.

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